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NewsNovember 9, 2009

FULTON, Mo. (AP) -- A replica of the Berlin Wall is to come tumbling down at Westminster College as part of a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the real wall's fall. The Fulton college is home of the largest contiguous section of the actual Berlin Wall in the United States. The campus also was the site of Winston Churchill's famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946 that warned about the encroachment of communism...

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FULTON, Mo. (AP) -- A replica of the Berlin Wall is to come tumbling down at Westminster College as part of a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the real wall's fall.

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The Fulton college is home of the largest contiguous section of the actual Berlin Wall in the United States. The campus also was the site of Winston Churchill's famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946 that warned about the encroachment of communism.

The college plans numerous events Monday to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall. Students and staff are to topple a replica wall Monday evening.

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